Military should pay share of Ordot closure

12:11 PM,
Mar. 14, 2014

Duenas

Written by

Christopher M. Duenas

Over a decade ago, the United States Environmental Protection Agency stated the Navy is a potentially responsible party with respect to environmental contamination at the Ordot dump. Since then, the federal courts have taken over and forced the government of Guam to close the Ordot Dump and open a new sanitary landfill.

When all is said and done, this will cost our local residents, our children and our grandchildren over $360 million. If there is one bright spot of hope, with respect to the exorbitant cost required to close the dump, it is that federal law also requires that all responsible ...